Notes to the Teacher

This warm-up PowerPoint is intended to be used as revision for Key Stage 1

pupils.

The games and activities on these slides can be used one at a time as
introductory activities or as lesson starters.

These activities are ideal for reinforcing previous learning - why not do one
activity every day?
Pirate Petra has found these bottles washed up on the beach! They each have a
message inside, but the sea has washed away all the full stops. Can you put them
back in so that the messages make sense?

Please help me.

me IIam
amstuck
stuck
on a desert island. Youare
island You are I have buried the treasure.
treasure
my only hope.
hope You will never find it.
it

I know where the treasure

is hidden.
hidden IIhave
havefound
foundaa I have been captured by the
map that tells me where it pirates. Theyare
pirates They arekeeping
keeping
is.
is me locked up on their ship.
ship

Can you write your own messages in a bottle without full

Show answers stops? Can a friend add in the full stops?
This is the capitals machine! When sentences go in to it that do not start with a
capital letter, the machine adds a capital letter in the right place.
Can you write what will come out when these sentences are put in?

he played with the ball.

we made cakes with our grandma

it was a lovely day

for a picnic.

He played with the ball.

Capitals
Machine

We made cakes with our grandma

It was a lovely day

for a picnic.
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Oh no! The capitals machine is malfunctioning! Sentences have been put in and the
machine has added the capital letters in the wrong place! Can you correct the
machine’s mistakes?

We
we hanG
hang the washing on the
line
line On
on a sunny day.
Day.

Capitals
Machine
my
Mybest
bestfrieNd
friend is
is good
good At
at
making Bracelets.
bracelets.

We
weare
aRegoing
goingtotogogO
to to
thethe
fair
fairtomorrow.
Tomorrow.

Can you write your own sentence with capital letters in the
Show answers wrong place for a friend to correct?
This text about taking care of rabbits has no full stops! Can you work out where the
sentences should begin and end and add in the full stops?

Rabbits can be fun pets.

pets ItItisisimportant
importantto tolook
lookafter
afterthem
them
so they stay safe and happy.
happy Rabbits
Rabbitshavehavebig
bigfront
frontteeth
teeth
to help them bite their food.
food They Theyshould
shouldhave
havelots
lotsof
ofhay
hay
to eat and water to drink.
drink Rabbits
Rabbitsneed needaawarm,
warm,safe
safeplace
place
to sleep.
sleep They
Theycan
canlive
liveinside
insideor oroutside
outside.They
Theyneed
needspace
space
to run, hop and skip.
skip Rabbits
Rabbitslike liketo
tolive
livewith
withatatleast
leastone
one
other rabbit.
rabbit They
Theycan
canget
getlonely
lonelyby bythemselves
themselves.

Can you write your own sentence about rabbits

Show answers
using a full stop?
Can you write two sentences to describe this picture using a capital letter at the
beginning of your sentences and a full stop at the end?

tree

vegetables

table
barbecue
gardening

Example: The man is cooking sausages on the barbecue. The

Can you check a friend’s sentences to make sure
Show answers boy is gardening next to him.
they have used capital letters and full stops?
Can you write two sentences to describe this picture using a capital letter at the
beginning of your sentences and a full stop at the end?

breakfast cereal

television chair

armchair

Example: The children are sitting at the table eating cereal for
Can you check a friend’s sentences to make sure
Show answers breakfast. The pets are having their breakfast too.
they have used capital letters and full stops?
Can you write two sentences to describe this picture using a capital letter at the
beginning of your sentences and a full stop at the end?

menu
cafe window

waitress

burger

milkshakes
table

Example: The waitress writes down the woman’s order. The

Can you check a friend’s sentences to make sure
Show answers woman is ordering three milkshakes.
they have used capital letters and full stops?
Read the story of Princess Sara. Can you add in the missing capital letters? Then can
you rearrange the capital letters you have added in to make the magic words?

Onceupon
once uponaatime,
time,there
therelived
livedaavery
veryforgetful
forgetfulprincess
princesscalled
calledSara.
Sara.
princess Sara
Princess Sara was
was always
always forgetting
forgetting things.
things. eventually,
Eventually,one oneday
daythe
the
queen set her a test. “Never
“never forget
forgetthese
thesemagic
magicwords,”
words,”said
saidthe
thequeen,
queen,so so
every day, Sara wrote down the words in case she forgot them. soon, Soon,
months went by and slowly, the princess forgot to write them every day.
everyone was
Everyone was happy,
happy, until
untilone
oneday,
day,aabad
baddragon
dragonkidnapped
kidnappedthe thequeen
queen
and locked her up in a castle. sara
Sara decided
decided she
she would
would rescue
rescue the
the queen
queen
and when she arrived at the door of the castle, it spoke to her.
“after you
“After youspeak
speakthe
themagic
magicwords,
words,IIwill
willopen,”
open,”said
saidthe
thedoor.
door.
“magic words…?”
“Magic words…?” SaraSara asked.
asked. eyes
Eyestight
tightshut,
shut,she
shethought
thoughthard
hardand
andatat
that very moment, Sara remembered the magic words and spoke them to
the door...

Show answers What are the magic words? OPEN

____ SESAME
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This astronaut has met some fast-talking aliens. But there are no full stops in alien language so it
is hard to understand them! Can you add in the full stops so that the astronaut can understand
them?
I would love to know what
Welcome to
Welcome to our
our planet.
planet ItIt is
is We eat space plants and
it is like on Earth. We
a dusty old rock Watch out crater weeds Sometimes
have heard lots of stories
for the
for the bad
bad aliens.
aliens when we get very hungry
about it. Please tell us
we eat moon rocks
everything.

I would love to know what

itit is
is like
like on
on Earth. We have
Earth We have
heard lots of stories about it.
it
Please tell us everything.
everything

Can you write what the astronaut would say back to the
aliens? First write it with full stops and then without so the
Show answers aliens can understand.
Let’s play ‘Ten Strikes and You’re Out!’ Click on the letters that you think are
missing to try to make the contracted word in the sentence. Every time you guess a
letter incorrectly, press the ‘Uh-oh’ button to make a pin disappear! Can you guess all
of the missing letters before you strike out?

M y birthday is in June.
F riday is my favourite day of the week.
W hen grandad looks after us, we eat ice cream for
tea.
T he superhero is fast and strong.
Uh-Oh! L ook at how many toys she has.
S trawberries are juicy and red.
R oses smell sweet.

A B C D E F G H I
J K L M N O P Q R
S T U V W X Y Z
These superheroes are here to help make these sentences super!
If the sentence needs a full stop adding you need Full Stop Girl!
If the sentence needs a capital letter you need Captain Capital!
Click on the superhero needed for each sentence.

The children are feeding the goats

The children are feeding the goats.

Full Stop Girl Captain Capital

Correct! Try again!

These superheroes are here to help make these sentences super!
If the sentence needs a full stop adding you need Full Stop Girl!
If the sentence needs a capital letter you need Captain Capital!
Click on the superhero needed for each sentence.

super heroes always save the day.

Super heroes always save the day.

Full Stop Girl Captain Capital

Try again! Correct!

These superheroes are here to help make these sentences super!
If the sentence needs a full stop adding you need Full Stop Girl!
If the sentence needs a capital letter you need Captain Capital!
Click on the superhero needed for each sentence.

My mum has a fast, red car

My mum has a fast, red car.

Full Stop Girl Captain Capital

Correct! Try again!

These superheroes are here to help make these sentences super!
If the sentence needs a full stop adding you need Full Stop Girl!
If the sentence needs a capital letter you need Captain Capital!
Click on the superhero needed for each sentence.

at my party we played pass the parcel.

At my party we played pass the parcel.

Full Stop Girl Captain Capital

Try again! Correct!

These superheroes are here to help make these sentences super!
If the sentence needs a full stop adding you need Full Stop Girl!
If the sentence needs a capital letter you need Captain Capital!
Click on the superhero needed for each sentence.

Fran and Oliver are going to the shops

Fran and Oliver are going to the shops.

Full Stop Girl Captain Capital

Correct! Try again!

These superheroes are here to help make these sentences super!
If the sentence needs a full stop adding you need Full Stop Girl!
If the sentence needs a capital letter you need Captain Capital!
Click on the superhero needed for each sentence.

don’t forget to drink 8 glasses of water a day.

Don’t forget to drink 8 glasses of water a day.

Full Stop Girl Captain Capital

Try again! Correct!